Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the Government of Nicaragua to Promote the Rights of Irregular Migrants in Transit

  • Start Date
    2016
  • End Date
    2017
  • Project Status
    Completed
  • Project Type
    Counter Trafficking Projects
  • Budget Amount (USD)
    135000.00
  • Coverage
    National
  • Year
    2016
  • IDF Region
    Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Prima ID
    NI10P0001
  • Projects ID
    CT.0988
  • Benefiting Member States
    Nicaragua

The main objective of this project is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Government of Nicaragua to promote and ensure the protection of human rights of irregular migrants in transit through Nicaragua.
Project outputs that will contribute towards this objective include:
1) The rehabilitation of a Migrant Reception Centre to increase its capacity and reconfigure space to better accommodate migrants and allow for mainstreaming gender concerns;
2) Border control staff training to raise the standards of care for migrants, especially the most vulnerable and manuals to replicate the training;
3) Provision of material and equipment to the Migration School (Escuela Migratoria).
4) Study on the current situation of shelters for migrants in Central America, assessing the conditions, available services, directions and other relevant information.